Survival Hunter Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Spec
Survival Hunter is a mid-range fighter who wields two-handed weapons (polearms, staves, swords). In combat it uses various bombs and volleys to deal damage. Despite being a hunter, the spec prefers to deal damage at mid/close range.
Strengths
- Solid and consistent damage both in single target and in AoE.
- A simple rotation that lets you grasp the spec quickly and post good results.
- Good survivability thanks to abilities that reduce incoming damage.
Weaknesses
- A small number of abilities, which heavily limits the rotation. The spec can feel boring to some players.
- It requires being in melee/mid range, which can cause difficulties for some players.
- Few abilities to control groups of enemies and few abilities that help the group.
Stat Priority
Agility
Mastery
Critical Strike
Haste
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1
Kill Command - 2
Draught of Silent Malice - 3
Fusillade - 4
Wildfire Bomb - 5Kill Command
- 6Wildfire Bomb
- 7
Sudden Ambush - 8Wildfire Bomb
- Kill Command — if there are no
Tip of the Spear stacks left and Sudden Ambush is on cooldown - Fusillade — if the target does not have
Sentinel - Wildfire Bomb — if the target has Sentinel, or less than 5 seconds remain until the second charge
- Sudden Ambush — when there are no Tip of the Spear stacks
- Fusillade — on cooldown
Lunar Chakram
Raptor Strike — Tip of the Spear is mandatory if this is a 
Raptor Sweep (every second strike); otherwise it does not matter- Kill Command — if Sudden Ambush is on cooldown
- Sudden Ambush
Best in Slot (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels will be Raptor Strike, Kill Command and Wildfire Bomb.
As you level up you gain new abilities, moving closer to the core rotation. We recommend following this ability priority as they become available:
Mythic+ Key Tips
Always use 
Misdirection on the tank before dealing damage, or when the tank asks you to redirect threat from a group of monsters onto them (for example when pulling extra mobs far from the tank, or if someone in the group did it by accident and the tank has no way to take threat back at that moment).
The ability 
Feign Death lets you drop aggro from mobs if you accidentally pulled an extra group. It also lets you shed a large number of targeted mob and boss abilities.
Use 
Camouflage if you need to slip past a group of enemies. This ability grants you full invisibility.
The abilities 
Exhilaration and 
Survival of the Fittest also work on summoned pets. Use them when you need to protect or restore your pets' health.
Macros
#showtooltip Misdirection /cast [@pet] Misdirection
#showtooltip Counter Shot /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Counter Shot
#showtooltip Intimidation /petattack /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][]Intimidation
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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